Tech recruiter’s mistake invites denied students to orientation

On Tuesday, the university retracted around 400 emails sent to San Antonio-area students inviting them to register for summer orientation at Lubbock after mistakenly including students who never applied or were denied acceptance.

Sent out on Monday, the email’s subject line read, “We want you at Texas Tech University,” and told recipients they had already been admitted to the university, but had not yet registered for Red Raider Orientation.

Ethan Logan, director of undergraduate admissions, said only 20 students were supposed to receive the email. The bulk of other recipients were prospects who had not applied to the university, and nine had applied and been denied admission.

Recruiters have been attempting to personally call each student to explain the error.

“We don’t like to make mistakes,” Logan said. “College choice is difficult enough without adding a layer of confusion.”